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Strange Baby Names

eilatheneilathen
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What are some of the strange baby names you would never consider naming your child? 

My great-grandfather was named Hiram and my friend's was named Merwin -- too funny!  Cletus, Gertrude, and food-related names are probably out for me too!  :) 

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  • Brittni RimmerBrittni Rimmer

    Kal-El...Nicholas Cage's son...named after Superman...YUCK!

    How embarrassing?!

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  • kelliwillkelliwill
    My FIL's name is Earl....I would never do that!!  My Grandfather was Vincent and I wouldn't do that either.  DH's grandma's name is Virginia and that's out too.  So, if we go with a family name these won't be it!!
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  • ach99ach99
    I have so many horrible names in my family!! They were Merielle (Me-ray), Pepiya, Harriet, Leticia, Hilda & Muriel. I loved all of these woman and CANNOT bring myself to name my child any of these names.
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  • Jenice32Jenice32

    There are so many names that I would never name a child. Any name that ends in "lyn" (Kaitlyn, Ashlyn, etc.) drives me crazy. They remind me of stripper or porn star names. I know people love them, but that's just my opinion.

    My DH's grandfather was named Moe. Will not name my son that.

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  • 92405bride92405bride
    There are only about 2-3 names per gender that I DO like, so there are MANY MANY names that I would never consider!! :)
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  • soontobecapeksoontobecapek member
    Bertha, i just can't.... FIL is Chuck, I don't like it, MIL is Yvonne,I wouldn't use it..... my grandma Barbara isn't getting a namesake from me.... Helga, Olga are out... These aren't terrible names, just NMS
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  • DvnahDvnah
    my mother suggest Neeveah for a girl.  is she insane?!?  it makes think of a face wash.
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  • ach99ach99
    The girl from A Knight's Tale, Shannyn Sossamon named her kid Audio Science!!!!! AUDIO SCIENCE.
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  • sara_smilesara_smile member

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    my mother suggest Neeveah for a girl.  is she insane?!?  it makes think of a face wash.

    Nevaeh is Heaven backwards. LOL

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  • FullersGirlFullersGirl member
    My grandfather's name is Soren.  It would be MAYBE a middle name... but never a first name... unless I was to move my family to the Nordic lands :)
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  • Elissa BirdElissa Bird member

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    The girl from A Knight's Tale, Shannyn Sossamon named her kid Audio Science!!!!! AUDIO SCIENCE.

     

    HA!Big Smile

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  • amy5162amy5162
    Dh's grandfather's name was Homer and the family says we should name our kid that.  I don't think so!
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  • amy5162amy5162
    Oh!  Chester is another one!  How creepy!
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  • Brittni RimmerBrittni Rimmer

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    Dh's grandfather's name was Homer and the family says we should name our kid that.  I don't think so!

    You would have SO many Simpson's jokes it wouldn't be funny...OMG...not to mention, kids are mean (although...so are most adults)

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  • berryblndgirlberryblndgirl
    There are a ton of names we would never name our child. Of family names, George and Frederick are two definite no's, at least as first names. Of others, I'm not sure if these fit the definition of "strange," but I don't like Nevaeh, Aiden or any of the names that rhyme with it (Jayden, Braden, Caden, etc.) and "Mc" names (McKenna, McKenzie, etc.).
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  • justrachetjustrachet member
    So many names that I wouldn't consider. Of family names: Willie Henry, Velma, Doxie, Bohuslav (he went by Jerry), Oscar, Joyce, Lawrence, Agnes, Patsy, Norma. And I'm dead set against any fad names and made up names/spellings.
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  • Phoebe HalliwellPhoebe Halliwell
    I had an ancestor named Pulchard. She was female. That is one name we will not be considering. Wink
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  • Phoebe HalliwellPhoebe Halliwell

    imagejustrachet:
    Bohuslav (he went by Jerry)

    This made me giggle.

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  • esmith1esmith1

    My grandmother in TN had a large family these are her brother's names:

    Henry

    Uliss

    James

    Elias

    Blanton

    Sam

    Robert

    Lois

    Francis

     

     

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  • Anna&MattAnna&Matt member
    There aren't many names I actually like so a lot of them are out already! And I definitely will not do any creative spelling, it annoys me.
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  • ibisibis member
    There are a lot of strange family names in our family... I had a great uncle named Emmettcarroll. You can hardly beat that for strange. My late grandfather had an unusual Portguese name - Anibal. I would love to name a daughter after my Gram, but I don't think Marge is going to come back in style for a really long time. 
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  • abba916abba916

    imageAnna&Matt:
    There aren't many names I actually like so a lot of them are out already! And I definitely will not do any creative spelling, it annoys me.

    This! 

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  • GratefulGreensGratefulGreens

    My grandfather's name was Harold Jerome and he HATED it w/ a passion.  His brothers where Chauncy and Percy.  I had a friend in school whose father's name was Kermit.  Another friends dads' name was Hobart. 

    Um...no.

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  • GratefulGreensGratefulGreens

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    my mother suggest Neeveah for a girl.  is she insane?!?  it makes think of a face wash.

    I know a little girl named Neveah (pronounced Neh-vay-yuh).  Her parents named her that b/c it's "heaven" backwards.

    Unfortunatley, this child does NOT act like she's sent from Heaven! ((cringe))

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  • TwiloTwilo

    Didn't Michael Jackson name his kid Blanket?! HA!

    Another celebrity named a kid Banjo and there was another that was like Inspektor Pilot or something! 

    Now those are some strange names. :)

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  • woolgatheredwoolgathered
    My poor Great-Grandfather was named Hazel. HAZEL! For a boy!! He went by Bud or Buddy his whole life.
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  • DvnahDvnah
    imagesara_smile:

    imageDvnah:
    my mother suggest Neeveah for a girl.  is she insane?!?  it makes think of a face wash.

    Nevaeh is Heaven backwards. LOL

     

    OH!  well that's much better but i'm still not naming my kid Neveah especially with a last name of Kneppar.  Neveah Kneppar.  can you imagine??

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  • sarajo317sarajo317

    I hate the name OLGA, OLIVIA, DAMIEN (creeps me out!) .. oh and CEASAR.. my OH actually likes Ceasar.. yuck. My nephews name was going to be TORK.. like torque wrench.. Wow. Instead they named him Kutter.. which isnt any better (at least in my book)!!!!

     There are a TON more that I do not like..

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  • woolgatheredwoolgathered

    Kutter? I am so sorry for that poor boy.

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  • englishviolaenglishviola

    It's funny that some of these names others wouldn't consider are ones that I have considered -- or my friends have named their kids! For ex. ?Oscar, George, Henry, Chester, etc.

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  • ablouablou member
    My great-grandmother (who died with horrible dimensia) was named Ophelia. ?OPHELIA! ?My CRAZY great-grandmother OPHELIA!! ?Sorry, but with the history of mental illness on both sides of our family, I think that would just be tempting fate. ?
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  • meg&jkmeg&jk

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    Oh!  Chester is another one!  How creepy!

    My grandfather's name was Chesley, which I think is really cute for a little boy, but I'm so afraid people will think his name is Chester.

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  • MrsZubterfugeMrsZubterfuge

    My husband worked in a school with some kids with interesting names.

     

    Sha-teed (spelled shithead) and va-geena (spelled vagina).

    Those poor children.

     

     

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  • mistywhite400mistywhite400 member

    imageDvnah:
    my mother suggest Neeveah for a girl.  is she insane?!?  it makes think of a face wash.

    LOL! That is almost my PNV name. It's Neevoh...

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  • jdouglas84jdouglas84 member
    My DH LOVES the names Annabelle and Loretta. Really? I'm hoping it's a boy......
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  • johannaknipjohannaknip

    Razzie (DH's grandpa) Delbert (DH's uncle) and Clyde (my stepdad)

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  • MSC03MSC03 member

    I could go on and on...

    Any random spellings - changing K's to C's and vice versa, random Y's, et all. And as someone else pointed out, just about any name ending in the lyn/en sounds are out (Aiden, Caiden, Ashlyn).

    No making up names.

    No smooshing two names together to make a new name.

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  • punkfictionpunkfiction
    imageMrsZubterfuge:

    My husband worked in a school with some kids with interesting names.

     

    Sha-teed (spelled shithead) and va-geena (spelled vagina).

    Those poor children.

     

     

    oh my freaking A. that is not true. snopes is your friend. and my friend too bc that is a lie. 

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  • lil_mama_jenlil_mama_jen

    imageach99:
    The girl from A Knight's Tale, Shannyn Sossamon named her kid Audio Science!!!!! AUDIO SCIENCE.

    WOW!  wtf?

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  • RaeAntRaeAnt member
    LOL....It's Heaven spelled backwards and apparently getting to be very popular. DH cousin's name is Heaven..,. named from a romance novel and when she had her baby, named it Neveah...yes, after herself. We just roll our eyes whenever we hear the name.
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